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Film News: Government cuts threaten movie bodies — Italy’s film community is up in arms over Euro zone belt-tightening measures that threaten several of the country’s top cinematic entities, including the Centro Sperimentale Film School, the National Film Archives and Cinecitta-Luce.

Film News: College will be first in the country devoted to movie biz — The Japan Academy of Moving Image, a film school founded by helmer Shohei Imamura, is set to launch Nihon Eiga Daigaku (Japan Film U.) — the country’s first college devoted to film studies.

Film News: Film school unveils First Look winners at DGA theater —
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts unveiled the winners for its First Look competition on April 27 at the DGA theater with “Kavi” from helmer Gregg Helvey taking home the top prize.

Film News: New film school dean Schwartz takes on USC’s dominance — UCLA and USC often engage in spirited competition.

Film News: USC film school, law firm team on Oral Archive — USC School of Cinematic Arts and the law firm of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman are jointly launching The Oral Archive Project.

Film News: Scorsese’s early friendships have influenced his career — Today, nobody thinks twice about film school as a path to directing, but Jay Cocks remembers a time when the very idea of teaching such a trade seemed preposterous, even risible.